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Patent GB-190526935-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Brake for the Steering-wheels of Ships
Inventor: WYNNE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1905-12-27
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 26,935. Wynne, W. E., Barrell, J., and Thwaites, C. Dec. 27. Brakes.-A brake for the steering-wheels of ships comprises two blocks C, D pivoted at S, T between plates E, and adapted to act upon a drum B on the axle A of the steering-wheel. A lever J, pivoted to the block D and linked to the block 0, is connected, by a rod K, to a foot-lever M, by which the brake can be applied. The brake can be locked on by inserting a wedge, above the block C, through slots I in plates U connected to the block D. When the brake is released, the block D is supported by a bracket F, and the block C is kept off the drum by a helical spring between the blocks. The weight of the rod K and lever M may be counteracted by a spring connected to the bracket F.
Patent GB-190603064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Propellers
Inventor: WALTERS WILLIAM MILLER
Filed: 1906-02-08
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 3064. Walters, W. M. Feb. 8. Screw propellers. -A light large boss is formed by securing disks c at each end of an ordinary boss and filling the intervening space with cement e, Through bolts f may be attached to the end disks. A conical cap of cement is formed at the after end of the boss d by arranging bars g in a conical form and filling in with cement. Instead of separate bars, the cone may be hollow and of grid form.
Patent GB-190603627-A (GB)
Title: Improved Contrivance for Making up Bundles of Bristles, Fibrous Substances and the like.
Inventor: KLEEMANN GEORG
Filed: 1906-02-14
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 3627. Kleemann, G. Feb. 14. Machines for making; bristtes.-A machine for making up bundles of bristles, fibrous substances, and the like such as would be used, for instance, in the manufacture of brushes, consists of a hopper g, Fig. 1, in which the bristles are placed, below which is a revolving disk a provided with means for taking up the bristles. A hook d, Figs. 1 and 7, with an adjustable adjunct d', is pivoted to the disk at c, and is actuated by a lever terminating in a pin e', guided by a cam-groove in the frame of the machine. A slot a' in the disk serves to receive the bundle when picked out, the function of the part d' being to close the slot a' when the hook is in the position shown in Fig. 1. The disk is rotated by a crank b<1> and is made up in layers, by varying the position of which the size of the slot a<1> may be varied. As the hook enters the hopper, it is in the position shown ; it is then depressed and draws a bundle of the material into the notch. The bundle is thus carried out of the hopper and set free when the hook is again raised. The machine may be used by itself and worked by the foot, in which case the bundles are fixed in the brush by hand; or it may be used as an auxiliary to a machine for threading or punching the bundle in. Instead of a rotary disk a, a reciprocating bar may be used.
Patent GB-190605151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Purification of Arsenical Sulphuric Acid and the Obtainment of Arsenic therefrom.
Filed: 1906-03-02
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 5151. Raschen, J., Wareing, A. E., and United Alkali Co. March 2. Drawings to Specification. Selenium. - In the process for de-arsenating sulphuric acid in which the acid is treated with hydrochloric acid, the arsenious chloride formed is treated with just sufficient water to precipitate the selenium.
Patent GB-190609176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriage Door Locks.
Inventor: PARKES SAMUEL ROWLAND
Filed: 1906-04-18
Granted: 1906-06-07
Abstract: 9176. Parkes, S. R. April 18. Locks, key.- Relates to the manufacture of the cases of private locks for railwaycarriage doors. The front plate F is stamped or pressed from a blank of sheet iron, the material from the slot f being pressed backwards to provide lugs f<1>. The case proper is formed from sheet metal in the usual way, and is secured to the front plate by means of rivets R passed through the lugs f<1>. The lock bolt B and spring S are arranged as described in Specification No. 17,315, A.D. 1900.
Patent GB-190611646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutters or Tools for Coal Cutting and the like.
Inventor: BOUSFIELD GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-05-18
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 11,646. Bousfield, G. W. May 18. Undercutting ; rock drills.-In a tool for coalcutting &c. of the type formed with a number of removable cutters held in place by a central removable cutter, the series of cutters 6 are annularly arranged in the carrier 3 with their stems 5 fitting into holes substantially parallel to the tool axis, and the cutters have grooves 7 to receive the conical shank 4 of the central key or cutter, which locks them in place.
Patent GB-190617467-A (GB)
Title: Improved Ship Fueling Apparatus
Inventor: HULETT GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1906-08-02
Granted: 1907-01-24
Abstract: 17,467. Hulett, G. H., and Theiss, G. W. Aug. 2. Loading and unloading. - Relates to means for feeding fuel on to an endless horizontal conveyer which discharges such fuel into the hold of a vessel and comprises improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 17,466, A.D. 1906. The apparatus is carried on a float 3, and the fuel is taken from the barge 2 by a derrick 25 which rotates on a turntable 24 and delivers the f u e l into a hopper communicating with an elevator 22 provided with two cages having g inclined bottoms. The car of the elevator discharges into a hopper 13, which feeds an horizontal band conveyer 8. This conveyer is carried by a carriage 6 which moves up and down on vertical guides provided in the tower 4. The conveyer may be driven by any suitable means, being shown driven by a motor 8<a> mounted on the carriage 6 which is raised and lowered by a hoisting- drum. A hopper 13 is mounted on the carriage 6, and has attached to its lower part an horizontal trough 14. The bottom of the trough, at the end away from the hopper, is cut away, forming the opening 15. The fuel is fed on to the conveyer by means of a plunger 16 working in the trough 14 and connected by links to an eccentric sheave on the shaft of the motor which drives the conveyer, so that, when the conveyer is not being worked, the feeding - apparatus is also idle. The stroke of the plunger and thus the rate of feeding can be varied by adjustment of the end of the link 19 to any of the holes provided on the link 17.
Patent GB-190622541-A (GB)
Title: Displaying Goods for Sale
Inventor: WILLSON EDMUND CHARLES
Filed: 1906-10-11
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 22,541. Willson, E. C. Oct. 11. Contents, viewing; fittings, internal.-Relates to boxes or receptacles for biscuits or other commodities which are provided with show trays for displaying a sample of the goods in such a manner that the box always appears full, and consists in detachably securing the tray h to the glazed lid b by means of the wooden strips e usually employed to hold the lid in place. The bottom k may slide in grooves in the tray. The lid may be hinged to a frame a adapted to fit over the box. According to the Provisional Specification, the top edges of the tray may be flanged and adapted to slide into the frame of the glazed lid, or one flange may fit into a projection on the lid that on the opposite side being secured by a catch, or the tray may be hinged to the frame and secured by a catch or bolt, or the frame may be integral with the tray. The bottom of the tray may be fixed, hinged, or slidable.
Patent GB-190622630-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Solving Spherical Triangles.
Inventor: DAY CHARLES AUBREY
Filed: 1906-10-12
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 2 2 , 6 3 0. Day, C. A., [Barnard, H. O.]. Oct. 12. Bearings and courses, determining &c.-Relates to apparatus for the solution of problems in spherical trigonometry, consisting of superposed and relatively rotatable disks on which are spherical projections drawn on the same scale. One disk must be transparent, as the required result is given by the intersection of curves on the disks. Fig. 3 shows an opaque card a on which is inscribed in dotted lines a stereographic projection of a sphere, of which only a part is shown. Concentrically superposed on this is a transparent disk m with a similar projection. On the card a, declinations and hour angles are read, while on the disk m altitudes and azimuths are read, there also being a latitude index L. To find the hour angle, given the declination and altitude of a star, say, and also the latitude of the place of observation, the disk m is rotated until the index L indicates the given latitude. Then the point of intersection of the curves of given altitude and declination is found. This point is on the curve of the hour angle required. The apparatus can also be used for problems on the rising of the sun, length of day, &c. To facilitate the reading and adjusting operations, the apparatus is provided wilh an adjustable microscope e carried on a rotable arm f, and also with tangent-screws d, g and clamps c, h, i.
Patent GB-190622900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Doors, Gates Windows Shutters, and similar Structures.
Inventor: NEWMAN FLOYD WHITE
Filed: 1906-10-16
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 22,900. Newman, F. W. Dec. 18, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Door holders; door and gate opening and closing apparatus.-An allmetal door, gate, or like structure, constructed of V- shaped leaves 19 jointed d parallelruler fashion to a stile 10, is swung on pivots 21 at the lower left-hand corners of the leaves by means of a handle 37 attached thereto and to a brace piece carried on one of the pivots 21. The leaves are retained in an inclined position by means of a bolt 41 worked by a handle and engaging a rack 46 on the movable stile 20. The opening and closing movements are assisted by a bent spring, the moving arm 28 of which is attached to the lowest leaf 19.
Patent GB-190625057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Steam and Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: KING HOMER ARTHUR
Filed: 1906-11-07
Granted: 1907-03-21
Abstract: 25,057. King, H. A. Nov. 7, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Geared-vane type.-The piston disk 9 carries on its periphery piston blocks 14, Fig. 3, working in an annular chamber 93 shown in Fig. 12. The abutment blocks 15, shown in detail in Fig. 11, are intermittently locked to the inner surface of this chamber, and when released are drawn after the piston by a copper-coated helical spring 16. Steam is admitted between the piston and abutment blocks through ports 33, and, entering the interior of the abutment block, acts on the pistons 23 and causes the spring-controlled catches 26 to engage with notches in the cylinder, thereby fixing the abutment. The catches 26 are withdrawn when, the piston block having been driven past the exhaust port, the pressure on the pistons 23 is reduced. The spring 16 then draws the abutment sharply up to the piston. If the spring on the stem of a catch 26 fails to withdraw it, the next piston following behind the abutment strikes the rod 29, and withdraws the stem by forcing the curved block 27 into its looped end. When the engine is intended to be reversible, each piston block 14 has two abutment blocks, one on each side, and two sets of admission ports. The admission, expansion, and reversing valve disks 45,41, and 36, situated between the steam-chests 48 and the working chamber, are shown in Figs. 9 and 12 The disk 45 containing the admission ports 46 rotates with the shaft, and the time during which the piston is acted on directly by steam depends on the length of the port 42. This length may be varied by moving the disk 41 so that the fixed stop 43, Fig. 8, occupies a different position in the slot. The direction of rotation depends on whether port 37 registers with port 33 or with port 34. Exhaust takes place on the opposite side of the casing. The abutments are fitted with packing rings 32, and the working chamber with a ring 11 consisting of a steel band having thin flexible edges. On the exhaust side, the casing has a detachable sectorshaped segment to permit of access to the pistons and abutments. When used as an internal-combustion engine, the ignition is timed to occur after the abutments have passed the inlet ports.
Patent GB-190625496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Child's Garments.
Inventor: HANKS EDITH
Filed: 1906-11-12
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 25,496. Hanks, E. Nov. 12. Infants' clothing. - A garment for use as an out-door covering or as a night wrapper consists of a coat-like body portion 1, having a collar 6 divided at the back and front; it is open down the back and provided with buttons 10 and button-holes 9. From the lowest of the buttons 10, the opposite edges of the flaps are cut away, and provided with buttons 12, 12a. The front of the garment has a semicircular part cut from it, to the edges of which a crotch flap 13 is secured and is provided with an opening 15 normally covered by a cod-piece 14. The crotch flap is provided with three button-holes, in which the lowest button 10 and two buttons 12 engage. The lowest edge of the body is provided with button-holes 19, in which the buttons 12<a> engage and complete the legs.
Patent GB-190629207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spark Arresters for Locomotive or like Boilers.
Inventor: LANGER THEODOR
Filed: 1906-12-21
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 29,207. Langer, T. Dec. 31, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Baffles.-Inclined baffles A, B, formed as shown and fitting closely to the sides of the smoke-box of a locomotive or other fire-tube boiler, cause the combustion products to take a tortuous course to the chimney S. Sparks and cinders are caught in the curved lower end of the baffle B. Intercepting flanges or ledges may be provided on the baffles and on the door-side of the smoke-box.
Patent GB-190700254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sifting Machines
Inventor: HESSEY CHARLES
Filed: 1907-01-04
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 254. Stubley, C. H. Jan. 4. Sifting.-Relates to means for keeping the meshes of sieves open and for loosening the material on the sifting-surface. The invention is applicable to inclined or flat sieves whether rotary or reciprocating. A series of india-rubber or other resilient balls a rest on wires b in such a way that the movement of the sieve causes the balls to be thrown against the sifting surface to keep the meshes open. Another series of cross-wires d are arranged over the sifting-surface and tend to loosen the material being sifted.
Patent GB-190702638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Removing the Stalk or a Portion thereof from Tobacco Leaves.
Filed: 1907-02-02
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 2638. Andrew, C. H., Andrew, H. E. B., and Andrew & Son, C. H. Feb. 2. Tobacco.-In tobacco-leaf stemming-machines of the type in which the leaves are fed automatically against a cutter by means of two endless bands and in which rotary brushes are employed to draw and spread the leaves sideways, the brushes are adapted to have a bodily movement sideways in addition to the forward movement. The brushes e are carried on endless chains and are moved sideways by means of cams l, m, Fig. 2. The cutter a, which is of the endless band type, is carried by two pulleys v. In a modification, Fig. 5, rotary brushes q are employed, and are constructed in segments r each of which has a longitudinal movement imparted by means of the cam t.
Patent GB-190702663-A (GB)
Title: Regenerator Setting for Vertical Retorts.
Inventor: GLOVER SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-02-02
Granted: 1908-02-01
Abstract: 2663. Glover, S., and West, J. Feb. 2. Retorts.-In a regenerator setting for vertical retorts for distilling coal, shale, &c., the heat in the residual coke is utilized for heating the air for combustion, and the combustion products are utilized to heat the upper ends of the retorts. To obtain control over the distribution of heat to different parts of the retorts, separate and independent combustion chambers are provided, each having a set of dampers. Gas for combustion is conducted from the producer through a passage d having nczzles d<1> communicating with each combustion chamber. The combustion products from each chamber pass to the channels e, through which they rise and circulate through chambers f, f<1>, f<2>, round the upper ends of the retorts, and escape through the passage g to the chimney. By-pass passages may be provided in conjunction with the chambers f, f<1>, f<2>, through which any proportion of the combustion products may be passed. Air for combustion enters through the openings b and circulates through chambers b<1>, b<2> round the lower ends of the retorts, there receiving beat from the residual coke. The air then passes to the channels c, being further heated by the combustion products in the channels e, from which the channels care separated by thin walls. The channels c have damper-regulated nozzles c<1> communicating with each of the combustion chambers. The waste-gas outlets from each setting are also provided with dampers for controlling the heating of the setting as a whole.
Patent GB-190708977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ironing Machines and the like.
Inventor: BELL THOMAS ALFRED
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 8977. Bell, T. A., and Bell, L., [trading as Bell, C.]. April 18. Ironing-machines.-In a machine of the reciprocating-table type, for steaming, pressing, and smoothing collars, cuffs, and the like, or for finishing handkerchiefs, serviettes, &c., the movement of the tal le is automatically reversed by means of two projections which are mounted on the table and engage alternately with a lever connected with the belt forks. The back projection may be rendered inoperative to allow the table to run out at the front beyond the influence of the supporting- rolls. The shaft 5 carrying the rolls 12, which support and drive the table 10, is rotated from the driving-shaft 4 and is connected by spur gearing with the resiliently-mounted ironing-roller 9. The table is mounted to slide on rails 15 and is provided with two projections 29, 30. which alternately engage a lever 31 operating, through an arrangement of levers and a sliding sleeve, the pivoted belt forks 21. To enable the attendant to refill the table, the handle 40 is actuated to throw the projection 30 out of action, whereupon the table continues to move forward until no longer in contact with the rolls 12. The table covering may be damp when it is desired to steam the articles.
Patent GB-190710526-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Nitrate Explosives
Inventor: ERMEL ALFRED
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 10,526. Ermel, A. May 6. Explosives.-For counteracting the ill effects of lead nitrate and thereby rendering practicable the addition of the same to nitrate explosives such as contain an inorganic nitrate (say ammonium nitrate) and a nitro compound, a small proportion of glycerine or a like hydrocarbon is added to the explosive. Glycerine may be replaced by one or more mono-nitro derivatives of the aromatic series of hydrocarbons liquid or solid at ordinary temperatures, volatilizing at a high temperature, and, if solid, melting below the temperature at which the lead nitrate is incorporated with the other constituents.
Patent GB-190710841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Manufacture of Candles, Nightlights and the like.
Inventor: CALDERWOOD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1908-05-11
Abstract: 10,841. Calderwood, W. May 9. Candles; night-lights.-In making candles or night-lights of the kind described in Specification No. 23,789, A.D. 1900, having narrow bases or projections round which an incombustible material is moulded, or candles with self-fitting ends, the moulds for the candle ends are carried by or formed in flaps f, hinged to partitions c on the upper plate of the water-box a. The flaps are raised out of contact with the candle ends to allow discharge of the candles from the moulds d, and to permit of continuous wicking.. The water-box is preferably of. the kind described in Specification No. 2171, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190710862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Wire Drawing Machines.
Inventor: GLOVER WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 10,862. Glover, W. J. May 9. Drawing.-Fluid-cooled drawing-drums such as are described in Specification No. 22,959, A.D. 1900, are used in combination with differential tension-compensating mechanism such as are described in Specification No. 9099, A.D. 1905. The drum A, Fig. 1, is open at the top and has a cover T with a central hole U for an inlet pipe H. The vertical shaft B is hollow, and water trickles out by passages W. The section C' of the driving-shaft is driven from the section C through differential gearing contained in a cage G. In a modification, the shaft B is solid and a block with an annular gutter is provided below the drum to collect the water which trickles out of inlet pipes. For an horizontal drum, the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 is used. A supply pipe Q<1> passes through the hollow shaft B, and the outlet is obtained through the hole S and pipe Y. The pipes Q, Y are mounted so as to remain stationary while the shaft rotates.
Patent GB-190712303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes for Collecting Soiled Linen.
Inventor: REINHARDT SELMA
Filed: 1907-05-28
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 12,303. Reinhardt [nÚe Kirchner], S. May 28. Collecting-boxes; boxes for soiled linen.-A box a for soiled linen has a hinged front portion c, in which is provided a hinged flap e rabbeted at the top edge and furnished with side parts n, a transverse partition m, and a pivoted back-part g, together forming a shoot f. The sides of the box are provided with rails or runners i, i<1>, on which run rollers h attached to the hinged portions g. The soiled articles are placed in the shoot f in its open position, and on the closing of the shoot they are automatically transferred to the interior of the box.
Patent GB-190713428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Indophenol-like Condensation Products.
Filed: 1907-06-10
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 1 3,4 2 8. Chemische Fabriken vorm. Weller-ter Meer. June 27, 1906, [date applied for, under Patents Act, 1901]. Dyes, artificial.-Indophenol-like condensation products are obtained from quinone-chlorimides or - dichlordiimides and phenols or aromatic amines by grinding together the components dry or in paste form, with or without the aid of condensing-agents or heat; indifferent diluents, such as common salt, Glauber's salt, or infusorial earth, may be added to the mixture. Examples are given of the condensation of quinonechlorimide with a-naphthol, a-naphthylamine, o-toluidine hydrochloride, and diphenylamine, and of the dichlordiimide with anaphthol. The products may be used as such, or as raw material for the preparation of sulphur dye-stuffs ; sodium sulphide converts them into leuco compounds.
Patent GB-190718844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat and Coat Hooks and in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: SHAW JOHN ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 18,844. Shaw, J. A., and Carter, G. F., [trading as Shaw & Carter]. Aug. 21. Hooks. - A hat and coat hook is formed with a rabbeted opening to receive a brass, enamelled-iron, or like number plate B, which lies flush with the back of the base-plate A. The front edges a<5> of the opening may be raised, as shown in Fig. 6. The hook is fixed, and the plate B retained, by screws inserted in holes C.